Conditions Good for Melting Several Inches This Week

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Dump trucks loaded with snow get jammed up outside the parking lot at RFK Stadium.

A second day of sun and temperatures above freezing Monday will help the big dig out from under the blizzard.

Snow started to melt Sunday, as the sun was out and temperatures climbed above freezing, but they dropped back into the teens and single digits overnight creating icy conditions. There isn't much threat of that in the coming days.

Monday was warmer than Sunday, with temperatures about 40 degrees. And you can expect highs in the mid-40s Tuesday and about 40 degrees Wednesday. Milder air and cloud cover moving in should keep the temperature above freezing, according to Storm Team4.

So for three days reaching 40 degrees, 2-3 inches of snow will melt each day, Storm Team4 said.

The blizzard storm began with the first flakes arriving about noon Friday in Manassas and Gainesville, Virginia.

Storm Team4 said projected snowfall totals could put this storm firmly in the top five biggest snowfalls of all time for the region.The biggest snowfall on record is the deadly 1922 Knickerbocker blizzard, during which 28 inches fell and the weight of the snow collapsed an Adams Morgan movie theater, killing 98 people inside.

In Frederick County, Maryland, some places saw an astonishing 38 inches of snow, the National Weather Service reported. Jones Springs, West Virginia, had 39 inches.